Personal Life
Briers is the daughter of actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies. From the age of nine, she knew that she wanted to be an actress.
Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London, from 1978 to 1985; Lancaster University, studying theatre and sculpture; and then a three year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute.
She married Simon Cox in Oxford in 1995.
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